Coaches

Joe Kammer was born in Indiana and came to Santa Cruz County in 1986. Joe has been running and competing since high school. He was an All American in 1997 for the 800m. Joe will be working with the sprinters, hurdlers, and the relays for the youth club. He has been working with the youth since 1998, and he has been an adult club track member since 1994.

Joseph Kammer can be contacted at 831-425-2855

Greg started running in high school, three years at Nortedel Rio in Sacramento. He made it to the state meet twice. At college he ran for Stanford. His sophomore year he placed 5th in the 10,000 in the NCAA. He had school records in the two, three and six mile distances. He was Cross Country All American his sophomore and junior years.

After college he went to the Olympic Trials in the 10,000m and marathon (placing 5th in the marathon). Greg started coaching in 1974 where he was at Santa Cruz High School for seven years. Then he was over at Cabrillo College until 1996. Greg has been with the track club as general manager since 1997 and has been coaching the adult club since 1998.

Greg has a BA in Psychology from Stanford, and a MA Exercise Physiology from UCSB. Greg has been running and racing for 37 years.

Greg can be contacted at 831-479-9279 or 831-476-7373 or via email at: brocoachrun28@hotmail.com

Javier Naranjo

Javier Naranjo has been living in Santa Cruz County since his teen years. he attended Watsonville High. He started running when he was 17 years old and has kept going ever since. He attended hartnell College and competed at State Chamionships while at Hatnell in cross country and track. Javiar has participated in hundreds if not thousands of road races. he lplased 2nd and 3rd at IBSM; he has won many local and state races and has consistently placed in the Top 100 at Wharf-toWhard in the last 20 years. He started coaching the SCTC Youth Cross Country in 1999 and has been taking kids to the Junior Olympics ever since.

This year he has launched a new project with the SCTC Youth Track Team. He has formed The Camp Track Team for kids that he considers ready to move on to the next level of competition in track. A lot of the kids Javier has coached have been fed to all the local high schools, and he is proud to have played part in the lives of many young kids and hopes to continue passing on the experience he has gained in all the years he has been running.

1) Javier is a CIF-certified coach
2) He has been coaching the Youth Club since 1999
3) He is also a coach at Soquel High Cross Country and Track
4) He has a passion in working with the kids and is always willing to give advice to anyone who needs help with their running.

Javier Naranjo is the Coach for the Youth Cross Country Program. He can be reached at 831-295-4231 or coachjavier59@yahoo.com